attoto yam vs Broad-bordered Acraea

Dioscorea cayenensis compared with Acraea anemosa

Key Differences

• attoto yam is Not Evaluated while Broad-bordered Acraea is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	attoto yam	Broad-bordered Acraea
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Dioscorea	Acraea
Species	Dioscorea cayenensis	Acraea anemosa

Conservation Status

attoto yam

NE — Not Evaluated

Broad-bordered Acraea

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	attoto yam	Broad-bordered Acraea
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

attoto yam

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), North America (Cuba, Panama), and South America (5 countries).

Broad-bordered Acraea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

attoto yam

The Attoto yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Broad-bordered Acraea

The Broad-bordered Acraea (Acraea anemosa) is a species in the genus Acraea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.